Disney Manga: Beauty and the Beast - The Beast's Tale

Rating: 4.25 leaves out of 5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 4.5/5
Story: 4/5
Writing: 4.5/5
Genre:Fantasy/Romance/Retelling
Type: Manga
Worth?: Yeah

First want to thank Netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this in exchange for an honest review! Just like the first book I was excited to read this one as well. I really love seeing Beast's side of things since the story really just focuses on Belle. His backstory is just really sad but at the same time I can see why he turned out the way he did. Like the first book the coloring was done well and the only complaint about the manga is how some of the characters are drawn. There were just a bit off. Other than that it was a pretty good read!

I love this even more than Belle's part because this pov is not shown in the original story or even movie and it showed us his childhood and how he turned into the beast.

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind” - Love this quote!
Also while reading I took screenshots of so many pages because the illustrations were so beautiful and I was touched by many of the things the beast said.

While the manga from Belle's pov was so bright because that matched her optimism, the Beast's story began as dark as his moods and gradually brightens as Belle's impact grows on him.

Some of the parts did feel a bit repetitive because I had just finished reading Belle's manga but other than that no complains! Really enjoyed this
Highly recommend these 2 volumes, specially if u loved the original story and movie.

Thank you to Netgalley, Tokyopop and Disney Manga for the ARC of this book:)

I received this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Let me start this review by saying that I do really like fairy tales and I also really love manga.

When I picked up this manga, I was hoping it would be more than the new live-action movie– some insights and extra scenes... no, there are less scenes because we don't get the scenes without Beast. Because of this, the story goes very fast and seems choppy. This scene– then to this one– And then here! Although, I'll admit that I think this one was better than Belle's Tale.

The other thing I disliked was how the speech bubbles were. I have never read a comic like that. Usually they low, left to right top to bottom, or right to life top of bottom of the page. This one is right to left panels and within the panels top to bottom bubbles. That is the ONLY WAY the story makes sense and it is so annoying. And the page in the back explaining how to read it, is not accurate for what is in the book.

I will say I enjoyed the artwork and thought they did a good job capturing the background.

Therefore, I'd recommend this story to younger children and hope they understand how the bubbles work.

★★/☆☆☆ 2 Stars for this almost step-by-step copy of the new Disney movie.

First of all, a big thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free digital copy to read and give a honest review.

Just a small warning if you don't know the fairytale of haven't watched the movie, my review will contain some minor spoilers! Also, if you read my review for Belle's Tale, this will be almost the same review.

I was very excited when I saw this manga on Netgalley and already looked forward to writing a pretty review. The cover is beautiful and I really like the story and the new Disney movie. Alas, my excitement waned quite a bit when I started reading Beast's Tale. The art looked half-hearted on a lot of pages, some were very nicely done with pretty backgrounds but a lot of pages only had the characters in them, floathing in nothingness and it felt very lifeless.

Except for some scenes it mostly felt like scenes directly taken from the movie, sans background, with little insight into the Beast's thoughts which was what the manga promised. Belle's thoughts and feelings were flat and made her appear even more lifeless than the missing background did. In fairytales the background is important to me, because it conveys the feeling of the world being magical with the right setting but let's move on from complaining about the white backgrounds.

What bothered me about Beast's Tale was that I war really excited to get a few new scenes with insight into how he feels about all of this. Well, most of the scenes, sans a few of his past when he was still a prince, were directly taken from Belle's Tale. Had I bought it I would've felt quite cheated.

All in all I didn't really enjoy reading it, mostly because I missed the character depth, the Beast's innermost thoughts, but the few times the reader is given one of the Beast's thoughts they feel flat. The other thing that really bothered me, as anyone who read my review knows, were the multiple blank backgrounds.

I like the fact that this is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast and that it is from Beasts POV. I am still torn on the art. Some parts I liked and other parts fell flat for me. Like I said I enjoyed getting Beasts POV but I still have to say I like Belles POV more.